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Many [neutrality is disputed] scholars interpret the book of Joshua as referring to what would now be considered genocide. [1] When the Israelites arrive in the Promised Land, they are commanded to annihilate "the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites" who already lived there, to avoid being tempted into idolatry. [2]
Amalek (/ ˈ æ m ə l ɛ k /; [1] Biblical Hebrew: עֲמָלֵק , romanized: ʿĂmālēq) is described in the Hebrew Bible as the enemy nation of the Israelites. The name "Amalek" can refer to the descendants of Amalek, the grandson of Esau, or anyone who lived in their territories in Canaan, [2] [3] [4] or North African descendants of ...
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Scholar Carl Ehrlich characterizes the Battle of Jericho and the conquest of the Canaanite nations as genocide. [12] [45] Scholar Zev Garber characterizes the commandment to wage war on the Amalekites as genocide. [46] The Midianites Are Routed by Gustave Dore
The battle began with the Amalekites' unprovoked attack against the Israelites (Exodus 17:8). Afterwards, Yahweh announced the extermination of the Amalekites and called on Israel to defeat them, stating that Israel would experience peace with their enemies (Exodus 17:14, Deuteronomy 25:19). This was the first of several conflicts over several ...
Because of the orders to completely destroy the enemy, many scholars have characterized these as divine commands to commit genocide. [53] [54] [55] Other examples include the story of the Amalekites (Numbers 13,14), [56] the War against the Midianites (Numbers 31), [57] and the battle of Jericho (Joshua 1–6).
A video posted on X, formerly Twitter, by Israeli journalist Yinon Magal, shows Israeli soldiers singing and chanting for the occupation of Gaza and to “wipe off the seed of Amalek”, saying ...
Agag was executed by Samuel as part of God's command to put the Amalekites under herem (1 Samuel 15). The concept of herem also appears in 1 Samuel 15, where Saul "totally destroyed" (verse 8, NIV) the Amalekites with the sword, but spared their king, Agag, and kept "the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs—everything that ...